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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 11:54:50 GMT
thinking of trying 5:2 diet. My weight has crept up over the past couple of years (partly "comfort" eating and partly because I don't eat as healthily as I used to, I certainly need to get back to eating more veggies) but I love my food and would not be happy constantly counting calories or fat grams etc. I do find that if I eat a breakfast, far from keeping me going until lunchtime, it seems to kickstart my appetite for the day.
Anyone else live the 5:2 lifestyle & how do you find it - or is there another plan/regime that suits you? I know it's about the "eat less, move more" but some rather more helpful tips & shared experience would be very welcome.
i have always "struggled" with me weight and being short doesn't help. In my late 20s (a long time ago)I did manage to keep my weight down for a good few years but I constantly lived on fewer than a 1000 calories per day which I don't think is viable now, nor do I want to restrict myself to that extent.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 15:22:44 GMT
I tried the 5:2 but couldn't do it. On the 2 days I spent a long time staring into my cupboard wondering what I could eat with 50 cals in it. I did have some success with the 8:16 diet where you can eat for any 8 hour period - eg 9am - 5pm - and eat nothing for 16 (which obviously includes time asleep). I thought I could stick with it but then my OH was rushed to hospital and my visiting schedule (longish journeys) mucked up my eating schedule and I didn't go back to it. 'Starving' for a bit is supposed to be beneficial and, after all, we really shouldn't be eating as soon as we're peckish should we. I have read, on other boards, that the 5:2 works really well for some people so good luck, I hope it suits you.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 15:23:21 GMT
One of my neighbours has lost nearly 4st by joining slimming world, she says she never feels hungry and you can eat a surprising amount of foods which you wouldn't be able to eat on other diet plans both sweet and savoury.  Oh and she also bought a little dog which she takes a short walk every day, she can't walk far as she has back problems and uses a stick. |
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Post by Miranda on Jul 18, 2016 16:26:10 GMT
The only diet I've found to work is the low-carb diet. Just cut down on everything that contains grain. Don't cut it out completely, just eat a lot less.
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Post by Delia on Jul 18, 2016 22:41:06 GMT
I did Weight Watchers years ago, and successfully lost 2 stone. I think it was partly because you were weighed every week and you were terrified that you might not have lost any! Nowadays I can't be bothered with calorie or "point" counting, so although I cook the odd recipe from the WW books, I never went back on it. And I put the weight back on, eventually, bit by bit.
I have done the 5:2 Diet though, and it works well for me. I find it easier to be strict and eat next to nothing for a day - I do two days a week but never, ever, consecutively. On the other days I try to eat sensibly and allow myself the odd treat. (Drinks on the weekend!🍻)
On the day following a "starving" day, everything tastes amazing! I also find sweet things very sweet, which just proves that you can dull your taste buds by eating too many sweet things in one day.
It's not for everyone: I know people who couldn't do it. Like a lot of things in life, it's different for different people.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 6:10:23 GMT
Well, I did the first day! Nothing at all apart from water and one cup of tea with a splash of milk until 7pm when I had a whole bag of stir fry veggies with added ginger, garlic, mushrooms & soy followed by a nectarine and a tangerine. I reckon it came in at around 300 -350 calories all in, certainly well under the 500 that 5:2 recommend on a "fast day". I feel OK. I feel more able to do it this way than by having very small meals during the day. Hot weather helps - I really don't feel like eating so much.
A colleague has recently lost a lot of weight and looks great. She stopped eating throughout the day and had a small meal at night but did also take diet pills (prescribed privately) which curbed her appetite greatly (I think they probably contain amphetamins). I would never go down the pill route. I don't want to be thin, just have my current clothes a bit loose rather than tight as they are now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 8:14:29 GMT
One thing I wouldn't recommend is the liquid diet shake things. Not only do you not learn how to eat normally they can be quite dangerous. The daughter of a friend of a friend lost loads of weight and was thrilled. Then she was really ill with kidney problems. The doctors told her it was directly caused by the diet and she must never ever use those products again.
All the weight went back on, and more.
She is now doing WW or SW.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 12:12:20 GMT
I don't agree with faddy diets ... just cut out things that make you fat and walk more .. sorted  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 13:00:22 GMT
Oh that it were that easy Nick! For a start, what makes us fat? Years ago butter etc was bad, now it's good. We are surrounded by information, mis-information, contradictory information. And one diet does not fit all. I have IBS and there's no way I can fill up on vegetables without it having dire consequences! If someone sits on their rear all day whilst scoffing fish and chips and Mars Bars then it's quite simple. But I don't think most of us are doing that! I have twice lost a stone and then the weight loss stops. I was sure that my metabolism slowed down and, recently, I have read that scientists have found this to be the case. And it doesn't just slow down for a while, it's stays slower for years. So we need to diet in a way that does not slow down the metabolism, these 'starvation' diets may do that, because the body can't settle into one mode so to speak. Or how can we increase the metabolism? Well when someone finds out how to do that - safely - we'll all be slim! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2016 22:34:40 GMT
Oh that it were that easy Nick! For a start, what makes us fat? Years ago butter etc was bad, now it's good. We are surrounded by information, mis-information, contradictory information. And one diet does not fit all. I have IBS and there's no way I can fill up on vegetables without it having dire consequences! If someone sits on their rear all day whilst scoffing fish and chips and Mars Bars then it's quite simple. But I don't think most of us are doing that! I have twice lost a stone and then the weight loss stops. I was sure that my metabolism slowed down and, recently, I have read that scientists have found this to be the case. And it doesn't just slow down for a while, it's stays slower for years. So we need to diet in a way that does not slow down the metabolism, these 'starvation' diets may do that, because the body can't settle into one mode so to speak. Or how can we increase the metabolism? Well when someone finds out how to do that - safely - we'll all be slim! Sorry I was just being a bit flippant .... I suppose different people have different metabolism ... but it seems logical that if you cut out the fattening things and take more excersize then it will certainly help |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 16:26:12 GMT
I refer my Right Honourable Friend to the second sentence of the second paragraph of my original post |
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Post by bobbieh on Dec 12, 2016 12:44:11 GMT
I remember a doctor on TV once saying the diet industry do not want people to permanently lose weight. It is worth millions of pounds to them.
He said if we only eat when we are hungry and stop when we are almost full then weight will not be an issue and you can eat what you like. I should try that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Delia on Dec 14, 2016 22:00:42 GMT
Definitely, if you eat more slowly, you'll feel full sooner - they reckon that we get a "full stomach" feeling about 20 mins after eating. So it follows that you should get up from the table feeling as if you could eat a little more.
My failing is that I can't stop eating, and want that full feeling. So dieting is hard work. I learned that also, I use food as a reward to myself, or if things are not going well, as a consolation.
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Post by bobbieh on Dec 15, 2016 10:07:32 GMT
When you are brought up with " you are not getting up from the table till that plate is cleared" , it is hard to break that habit. Thats my excuse anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2016 10:26:58 GMT
We also had "Unless you eat your cabbage/sprouts/fish (or whatever else was not a favourite) you won't get any pudding." Tended to stop kids being faddy about what they would or would not eat.
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